CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF SEASON NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 15
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – As Connecticut prepares to move to the next stage of it’s opening up, the hockey world continues to make plans, not only for the upcoming playoffs, set to begin at the end of July but for the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 7
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Another week goes by since the Hartford Wolf Pack season ended and another busy week of news. PLAYER AND COACHES MOVEMENT Former Wolf Pack Simon Denis, who played seven games with the team last season…
SPOTLIGHT: TOMMY GRANT
BY: Bruce Berlet Large green letters on a bed sheet at the XL Center on Sunday read: Tommy 10 Terrific. Terrific, indeed. For most of the season, Tommy Grant, who wears No. 10, has been part of the Connecticut Whale’s “energy line” with another…
SHORT ON THE MEASURING STICK
VERSUS On Friday night the theme approaching Saturday night’s battle with the AHL leading Norfolk Admirals was that the game would be a measuring stick as to where the team was in facing the best. After a 3-1 loss that was an exceptionally tight…
REDDEN TO WEAR THE C
In a move that is long overdue, veteran defenseman Wade Redden has been named the sixth captain in the history of the New York Rangers Hartford affiliation, first with the Wolf Pack and now with the Whale. Head Coach Ken Gernander was the teams first…
WHALE FRUSTRATED IN SPRINGFIELD
VERSUS There are a multitude of ways to lose in any sporting event, and the Connecticut Whale have certainly explored many of them this season, but Saturday night’s 2-0 loss to the Springfield Falcons at the MassMutual Center in front of 5,003…
NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE IT
VERSUS Amazing what the changing of the calendar and some personnel changes can do for a team. After the Connecticut Whale spent the month of January making up for being so good from mid-November to mid-December by not winning a game, the team…
GIMME A BREAK – AN ALL-STAR BREAK
VERSUS The late, great Gilda Radner’s character, “Roseanne Rosannadannna” used to say to great laughs, “If it’s not one thing, it’s another…” Those words rang very true Saturday night for the Connecticut Whale, but nobody was laughing as the…
IS THIS ROCK BOTTOM?
VERSUS Throughout the 2011-2012 season the Whale have had two glaring problems: allowing quick back-to-back goals and not holding third period leads. Both of those Achilles Heel issues haunted the Whale Saturday night as they dropped a 5-4…
WHALE DROWN IN COLD PORTLAND WATERS
VERSUS BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Connecticut Whale’s losing streak stretched to seven games Wednesday night, as they lost a 4-2 decision to the Portland Pirates at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Connecticut…